A visit to the Smith Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
40.3195, -78.0372
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County<2>.
The county seat for Huntingdon County is located in Huntingdon. Huntingdon lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cassville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Cassville Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Sheridan School Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beavertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Beavertown Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown Cemetery
- Upper Comer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Upper Comer Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Comer Cemetery
- Paradise Furnace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Todd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Todd Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Cornelius Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cornelius Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius Cemetery
- Dell Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Dell Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Family Cemetery
- Yocum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Yocum Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Anderson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Newburg Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg Cemetery
- Plummer Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Family Cemetery
- Speck Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Speck Family Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Family Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The White Church Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bare - Garver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bare - Garver Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare - Garver Cemetery
- Sugar Run Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ricketts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Ricketts Cemetery is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ricketts Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Mount Union.
- The Ricketts Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harencame Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
- Shaffer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2481959 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cassville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Todd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Salter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Coles ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coles is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Cooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Kimmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Saltillo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saltillo is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Hesston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Birdville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Joller ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Rockhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Shirleysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Entriken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McConnellstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Three Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pogue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pogue is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
- Orbisonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aughwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aughwick is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aughwick
- Mount Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Broad Top City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Robertsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Shellytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Smith Cemetery. The following communities are located in Huntingdon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mount Union
- Orbisonia
- Shirleysburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Huntingdon County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1813185 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1813185 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Huntingdon
- Est. Elev: 350 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cassville
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.3195217 Lon: -78.0372256
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Huntingdon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smith Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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